Tuesday, May 17, 2011

ACCS Meeting Notice - May 31, 2011 - Advisory Commission on Charter Schools (CA Dept of Education)

ACCS Meeting Notice - May 31, 2011 - Advisory Commission on Charter Schools (CA Dept of Education)

Type of Action: Action/Discussion

Subject: Consideration of Requests for Determination of Funding Rates for Prior Years as Required for Nonclassroom-based Charter Schools.

Staff: Jay Harris

In addition to the above, the Advisory Commission on Charter Schools hereby provides notice that it reserves the right to consider and make recommendations at this meeting concerning other areas of the State Board of Education’s authority with respect to charter schools, which include but are not limited to:

  • Taking appropriate action, including, but not limited to, revocation with respect to State Board-granted and locally granted charters under specific circumstances set forth in statute.

  • Jointly with the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, approving district-wide charter petitions when those petitions are determined to be satisfactory.

  • Developing and adopting regulations to implement various provisions of the Charter Schools Act of 1992 (Part 26.8 of the Education Code, commencing with Section 47600). Approving or denying requests to waive otherwise applicable provisions of law based upon requests submitted by charter schools and other local education agencies.

  • Assigning numbers to charter school petitions to ensure that the statutory cap on the number of charter schools is not exceeded.